MOVEMENT SPARKED BY DATA

We recognized a need for better information on the delivery of perinatal care. This need became the foundation for establishing a national organization that could collect hospital discharge data on obstetrical and neonatal care, with the intent to provide comparative data on both the clinical and financial aspects of perinatal care.

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NPIC partners with AIM to reduce severe maternal morbidity

Mission

The National Perinatal Information Center (NPIC) is dedicated to the improvement of perinatal health through comparative data analysis, program evaluation, health services research and professional continuing education.

Vision

To be recognized as a national leader in comparative data analyses advancing value, quality, safety and best practice in perinatal health.

30+ Years of Impact

Since inception, NPIC’s dedication and engagement to advance improvements in perinatal health have distinguished us as a cornerstone of the perinatal community. Early on, NPIC became nationally recognized for its unique expertise in the organization of perinatal care and contributions in the regionalization of perinatal care. This early work served as the foundation by which NPIC would broaden its reach and impact over the next three decades.

1985-1990 Milestones

NPIC incorporated as 501(C) 3 not for profit organization.

Completed the Impact of Changing Health Care Environment on Perinatal Health Study and hosted a national meeting of perinatal leaders to discuss problems confronting the regionalization of perinatal care. The meeting served as an impetus for the 1991 publication,Toward Improving the Outcome of Pregnancy: The 90’s and Beyond (TIOP II), which reinforced the recommendations outlined in “Toward Improving the Outcome of Pregnancy” issued by the Committee on Perinatal Health and the March of Dimes in 1976.

Completed DRG’s and Their Impact on Perinatal Regionalization Study identifying the impact of a new Medicare Diagnostic Related Group (DRG) reimbursement formula on the delivery and regionalization of perinatal care.

Completion of the NPIC survey of perinatal centers in the US. The survey was published in 1987 as the NPIC Perinatal Centers Directory.

1991-2000 Milestones

NPIC publishes Perinatal Health Strategies for the 21st Century, distributed by the National MCH Clearinghouse.

NPIC invited to hold a permanent seat on American Hospital Association’s (AHA) MCH Governing Council

NPIC joins the National Committee of Perinatal Health sponsored by the March of Dimes.

2001-2010 Milestones

With funding from the Society of Perinatal Obstetricians, NPIC publishes the MFM Specialist Survey in The American Journal of Ob/Gyn (AJOG). Approximately two thousand MFM specialists across the country were surveyed.

NPIC included on The Joint Commission’s list of acceptable ORYX® vendors and approved to transmit data for the Perinatal Care (PC) core measure set.

Partnership with Beth Israel Hospital to collaborate on the Adverse Outcome Index (AOI). NPIC continues to work with the developers of the AOI to maintain and update the AOI.